Originally Posted by
pczach
I don't understand why everyone gets caught up in who the Steelers beat to get to a super bowl.
Who gives a flying f@%k who they play? Just win.....period. Who's in front of you doesn't matter.
The years the Steelers won the super bowl and didn't face the Patriots, the Steelers were the better team and did what was required to win by beating the teams that earned their way to get to that position.
The years that the Patriots won the super bowls, they were the best team and beat whoever was in front of them that earned their way into that position.
If the Steelers make the playoffs and get to face the Patriots, I hope they destroy them and a victory would certainly be sweet. But if they lose the next game, was the season made by beating the Pats? Of course not. As always, the goal remains winning the super bowl.....period.
Should the Patriots give back their super bowl trophies in years they didn't beat the Ravens or the Giants?
All this talk about the Steelers not earning it if they didn't go through the Pats is complete bullshit. You have to beat whoever is in front of you. If the Patriots won, they accomplished that goal. If the Steelers won, they accomplished that goal.
The Patriots envy around here really pisses me off.